Very nice knives, Joshua. I'd love to hear more about your damascus pattern on the second one.

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Very nice knives, Joshua. I'd love to hear more about your damascus pattern on the second one.

That is what I (and others) call "Scrapmascus" as it is made from cutoffs and scrap pieces from other bars. I try to salvage and recycle material as much as possible. It gives me time to experiment with different techniques and makes me feel like I am closer to the smiths of ancient times who wouldn't waste a piece of good steel under any circumstances.

This particular one is made from the triangular cutouts from an accordion cut W-Pattern bar, restacked back to back and some random pieces of another bar welded to the sides for the edge and spine. I got the shiny lines by adding shims of 15N20 in between the pieces. I thought it might produce a mosaic tile sort of look, but that really didn't happen (at least I don't think it did). This was a pretty small bar once it got all welded back together and the W pattern wound up being spread pretty thin.

All in all I learned some things and wound up with an interesting knife that (hopefully) I will sell at the upcoming show!